Illinois House Bill 76 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that claimants shall be notified of the specific reason for a denial to pay medical expenses. Provides that if the specific reason is not given, the claim should not be given the rebuttable presumption that the employer shall not be responsible for payment of additional compensation if that denial or refusal to authorize complies with a utilization review program. Increases daily and total additional compensation allowed when an employer or his or her insurance carrier, without good and just cause, fail, neglect, refuse, or unreasonably delay the payment of medical or compensation benefits due. Effective January 1, 2012.

WORKER COMP- DENIAL & ADD COMP

Rep. Naomi Jakobsson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2011-03-17	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2011-02-08	House	Assigned to Labor Committee
2011-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2011-01-12	House	First Reading
2011-01-03	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
820	305	19	Amended Code	Citation Text
820	305	8.7	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=76&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB0076.htm